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marginalrevolution.com - 9/18/2009
Department of Duh
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Justin, a loyal MR reader, writes to me: Funny new story . Near the end it mentions citizen's group that wants to remove cameras from a highway because, in their words, "It's nothing but a speed tax". I liked the opening paragraph of the piece: A driver has racked up dozens of ...

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Overlawyered — ... Wait a minute – what about those lawsuits contending Wii was a defective product? No, John Edwards didn’t invent trial tactic of “channeling” thoughts of deceased. And is inflaming jury passion and prejudice “what good closing argument for a good trial lawyer is about”? [ABAJournal] “It took Arizona state police months to realize the same driver was involved” in monkey-mask speed-cam evasions [MargRev, LtB] Connecticut lawyer’s complaints allege that business structure of ...

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